Leila got up and winced as ever as she moved her leg. She got up. It had been 6months now, she didn't have to use the crutches any more, but she had a stick. She limped over to where it stood- and crumpled, passing out and banging her head.

Jasper found her there in seconds. 'I could smell something dead,' said Jasper.

'You were right,' said Carlisle grimly. The muscle in her leg is dying. It's releasing poison throughout her system which is now killing her. Even if there was any cure, it's already reached her brain. I have to change her.'

'I'm getting out then,' said Jasper. 'No offence, but I already went through that once. You couldn't do anything to make me experience it again when I didn't have to.'

'Fair enough,' said Carlisle. By then everyone had gathered round, watching. Carlisle bit into her jugular vein, and then started on all the other major veins and arteries. 'That should speed up the process a bit. Now, get ready for some screaming shortly.' At that moment, Leila gasped, and arched her head back. They all braced themselves, but she just gasped, then gritted her teeth.

'Can you hear me Leila?' asked Edward. She nodded. 'This is the change. Carlisle had to do it, your leg died.' He was wondering how he could communicate with her when she was in so much pain, when suddenly it was like something clicked and he heard her voice in his head. 'You do the talking, I'll do the thinking, Eddie boy. Is it supposed to feel like you're being burnt alive?'

'Yes,' he said aloud. 'But most people scream when they get burnt alive, you know.'

'I'm not most people. But if it gets any worse, or carries on like this for about an hour longer, don't worry, you'll get a normal reaction.'

'Well then, I expect some kind of sound in…about a minute.'

'Fuck,' she thought, and Edward grinned. 'You know, I'm counting down seconds now…this is gonna be your last coherent thought as a human. Any last words?'

'Bugger off, you bastard,' she thought, as hard as she could.

'Well that's not very nice,' he said. Just then she yelled. 'Yup, this is gonna last a while.'

3 days later

'I proved you wrong sucker,' thought Leila.

Edward turned from the window. 'What?' And just then a crescendo of agony was ripped from her ravaged throat. He rushed over and held her down. 'Some help here!' he yelled. She was struggling like a wildcat, and the bloodlust combined with the fact that she was a newborn meant that he was losing the fight. Emmett and Jasper pounded up the stairs and pinned her. 'Come on, we've got to get her to somewhere there's prey,' he yelled. They managed to drag her to the forest, and let her loose when they found animals.

She moved like a lightning bolt, massacring a herd of deer in seconds. The reason returned to her eyes.

'Sheesh, that was bad,' she said. 'Feels good now though.'

'Ha, don't you feel it?' asked Edward. 'The ache in your throat, like there's something missing?'

'Yeah, but that's nothing. I know what that is anyways, it's because we are designed to feed on human blood.'

Suddenly she tensed. 'Hold me back, please. Quickly!' They all grabbed her, because they had all smelt the same thing; a human coming their way.